Englishhandy
adjective
1 a handy reference tool:
useful, convenient, practical, easy-to-use, well designed, user-friendly, user-oriented, helpful, functional, serviceable, utilitarian;
informal neat, nifty.
▷antonyms inconvenient.
2 it has eight pockets to keep everything you need handy:
readily available, available, at hand, to hand, near at hand, within reach, accessible, ready, close, close by, near, nearby, at the ready, at one's fingertips, at one's disposal, convenient;
informal get-at-able, on tap.
3 he's handy with a needle:
skilful, skilled, dexterous, deft, nimble-fingered, adroit, practical, able, adept, proficient, capable;
masterly, gifted, talented, expert;
clever with one's hands, good with one's hands;
informal nifty, wizard, ace, genius;
North American, informal crackerjack;
vulgar slang shit-hot;
rare habile.
▷antonyms inept.
handy Oxford Dictionary of English